The Role of the Product Owner in Moving a Backlog Item to Done (or, It's Not Over Until the Fat Lady Sings)

by Timothy D. Korson | 3 Comments | 16 Apr 2012 |

Tim_black_background Abstract: This article explores how to achieve the productivity benefits of an up-front enabling specification, given the reality that Scrum is an empirical framework in which emergent understanding of the story under development is inherent. I l...

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Think You Might Like to Be a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)?
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by Timothy D. Korson | 9 Comments | 24 Feb 2012 |

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It’s not an easy process. It’s not intended to be.

It's not a meticulously defined process. It’s not intended to be -- at least that's the personal conclusion I've drawn after talking to a number of CSTs who have participated in the trainer approval process.

It’s not an easy process. It’s not intended to be.

It's not a meticulously defined process. It’s not intended to be -- at least that's the personal conclusion I've drawn after talking to a number of CSTs who have participated in the trainer approval process.

It’s not an easy process. It’s not intended to be.

It's not a meticulously defined process. It’s not intended to be -- at least that's the personal conclusion I've drawn after talking to a number of CSTs who have participated in the trainer approval process.

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Dancing with Pigs

by Timothy D. Korson | 5 Comments | 06 Jul 2011 |

Tim_black_background Dancing with Pigs [1] There are many ways to choreograph the activities within a sprint, but all of them involve intricate, dance like, interactions among testers [2], product owners, other team members and stakeholders. Becoming good at agile de...

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